Brno: Team Malaysia qualifying report

THIRD FASTEST IN A1GP QUALIFYING FOR A1 TEAM MALAYSIA
The A1GP World Cup of Motorsport, Brno, Czech Republic continued today
with final practice and qualifying for the first of the two races
tomorrow and A1 Team Malaysia, with driver Alex...

THIRD FASTEST IN A1GP QUALIFYING FOR A1 TEAM MALAYSIA

The A1GP World Cup of Motorsport, Brno, Czech Republic continued today
with final practice and qualifying for the first of the two races
tomorrow and A1 Team Malaysia, with driver Alex Yoong, were right up the
front of the pack, with the third fastest qualifying position for
tomorrow's sprint race.

In the practice session Yoong continued with race preparations, making a
number of changes that were all in the right direction, so that the car
improved over the course of the hour. In afternoon qualifying, Yoong used
his new tyres to get the best from his car and post highly competitive
lap times. With his two best lap times aggregated for his qualifying
position, Yoong's consistency on this technically demanding track
helped to secure the third place.

Yoong said, "I'm very pleased today with third place,
especially after yesterday, when the lack of participation in the rookie
session really hurts us and it's quite a difficult circuit to
master. The team did a great job in the practice hour, developing the car
with me and gaining speed from this. For tomorrow, I hope we can have two
strong races tomorrow with podium finishes. The car speed is there, it
just needs a bit more tweaking to get a little more out of it, and then
perhaps we can be on the top step."

Jack Cunningham, Chief Executive, A1 Team Malaysia, adds,
"It's extremely gratifying to see Alex and the team working
so well together and achieving these levels so early in the season.
It's a very competitive field of drivers and teams this season and
the times show just how close it is, with every tenth of a second being
very valuable for your final qualifying position. The hard work continues
tomorrow, as there's no points for qualifying, coming only from
races, so we'll be looking to get off the mark tomorrow by
translating this excellent qualifying position into strong
results."

The 20-minute, 10 lap Sprint race will start on Sunday 8 October at 11.00
local time. The grid for the later Feature race will be determined by a
unique scoring system that allocates points to a driver's finishing
and qualifying positions and fastest laps in the Sprint race. This
70-minute, 38 lap Feature race includes a mandatory tyre-change pit stop
that adds to the excitement of the A1GP Series.

The Malaysian team successfully completed its first year of A1GP in April
this year, finishing fifth in the World Cup of Motorsport standings. The
results included 14 top ten finishes and three podium places with the
first victory for the team being recorded at the final race of the season
in Shanghai, China. A1 Team France won the inaugural season of the
Series.